Still, he thought he had plenty of basketball left. He said once he returns to playing shape, his shooting stroke should earn him a spot on an NBA roster. “Once I get my feet back under me,” he said, “I definitely see a place for me in the NBA.” That belief is reinforced by a pro game increasingly predicated on shooting and spreading the floor. “The most important thing offensively is your spacing,” D-Fenders Coach Bob MacKinnon said. “When you can space the floor with shooters, people have to respect that. It creates a lot of other opportunities for players.”